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Professor Todd Rogers and the Behavioral Insights Group are nudging people toward better choices

LOTS OF TEACHERS will tell you how to write better. But Professor of Public Policy Todd Rogers is one of the few who use science to help you write for greater impact. His recent executive education ...
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No Taxation Without the State: Bringing Tax Administration Back Into the Study of Tax Capacity

The literature on taxation in developing countries has centered on the importance of third-party information for enforcement. Yet, while surely a long-run objective, leveraging such information ...
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Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Fellowship

The Carr-Ryan Center’s Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Program invites fellowship applications from researchers, practitioners, advocates, and defenders with a demonstrated commitment to advancing the ...
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Lessons from the Philippines: Leni Robredo on Angat Buhay and accountable leadership

It’s been a long year for Leni Robredo, former vice president of the Philippines. But she’s not done yet. Robredo has spent a busy fall in Cambridge as a Hauser Leader at the Center for Public ...
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Why Have Women Become Left-Wing? The Political Gender Gap and the Decline in Marriage

The last three decades have witnessed the rise of a pohtical gender gap in the United States wherein more women than men favor the Democratic party. We trace this development to the decline in ...
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How mobile banking is transforming Africa

IMAGINE YOU LIVE IN A SMALL VILLAGE IN RURAL KENYA. Your daughter attends university in Nairobi and needs financial support to buy textbooks and pay her rent. How do you send her money if you, like ...
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Debunking the Stereotype of the Lazy Welfare Recipient: Evidence from Cash Transfer Programs Worldwide

Banerjee, Abhijit V., Rema Hanna, Gabriel E. Kreindler and Benjamin A. Olken. 2017. Debunking the Stereotype of the Lazy Welfare Recipient: Evidence from Cash Transfer Programs Worldwide. World Bank ...
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Edward Cunningham: What is the future of China’s private sector?

CHINA’S PRIVATE SECTOR is often summed up with a combination of four numbers: 60/70/80/90. Private firms contribute approximately 60% of China’s GDP, 70% of its innovative capacity, 80% of urban ...
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Leadership in Homeland Security

The Leadership in Homeland Security program is designed by Harvard Kennedy School’s Program on Crisis Leadership specifically for the National Guard and their partner organizations. The program equips ...
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Industrial Policy and Economic Security Conference

This hybrid conference brings together leading policymakers, academics, and industry experts to examine the evolving landscape of industrial policy in the context of technological change and global ...
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The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man’s World

“Whether he is flamboyantly fashionable with a body chiseled to perfection or chronically dissatisfied and without lasting relationships, the stereotypical extremes of male gay behavior are fueled by ...
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What Happened to the Soviet Superpower’s Nuclear Arsenal? Clues for the Nuclear Security Summit

See citation below for complete author information. Twenty years ago Russia and fourteen other newly-independent states emerged from the ruins of the Soviet empire, many as nations for the first time ...